High Rock Tower Reservation

High Rock Tower–High Rock Cottage and Daisy Cottage

High Rock Tower Park
Location 15, 17 Campbell Terr. and High Rock Park, Lynn, Massachusetts
Coordinates 42°28′3″N 70°56′54″W / 42.46750°N 70.94833°W / 42.46750; -70.94833Coordinates: 42°28′3″N 70°56′54″W / 42.46750°N 70.94833°W / 42.46750; -70.94833
Area 4.3 acres (1.7 ha)
Built 1847 (1847)
Architectural style Romanesque
NRHP Reference # 09000086[1]
Added to NRHP October 11, 1979

The High Rock Tower Reservation (or High Rock Tower Park) is a city park of Lynn, Massachusetts. The roughly 4.5-acre (1.8 ha) park encompasses the summit area of a hill with commanding views of the surrounding area. The park's principal attraction is the High Rock Tower, a stone structure built in 1905, replacing an earlier tower built by Jesse Hutchinson of the Hutchinson Family Singers, a politically-active abolitionist singing group that performed throughout the northern United States from the 1840s to about 1880. The Hutchinsons acquired the property, and built two Gothic Revival cottages (known as High Rock Cottage and Daisy Cottage) and the first tower.[2]

The park was listed on the National Register of Historic Places (as "High Rock Tower–High Rock Cottage and Daisy Cottage") in 1979.[1]

The City of Lynn has periodically opened the tower and observatory to the public for free use of the telescope. This practice continues in summer 2017, with seven scheduled evenings from May to August.[2]

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References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. 1 2 "High Rock Tower". City of Lynn, Massachusetts. Retrieved 2017-06-07.


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